Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-07
LONG ANDSH0RT HAUL
THE INTER STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
MAKES A RULING
In the Case Of the Southern Railway and Steamship
Association, AbsOlving Them Temporarily From
Compliance With the Fourth Section
Full Text Of the Ruling.

WASHINGTON, April "a petition has
been received by the Interstate Commerce
Commission from John T. Peck, General
Manager of the South Carolina Railway
Company, for relief from the operations Of
the fourth section (the long and short
haul section) of the Interstate Commerce
law.
1t sets forth that the company is mem
Der of the Southern Railway and Steam
ship Association, and it asks relief for the
reasons presented in the argument of Vice
President Smith, of the Louisville and
Nashville Company.
A petition having a like purport has
been received from I. Y. Sage, General
Manager of the Georgia Pacific Railway
Company. In addition to the fact of the
environment and intersection. of this terri
tory by water lines, it sets forth that its
line for one hundred miles is confined
within the boundaries of the COoSa,
Catawba, aud Black Warrior coal fields,
section devoid of agricultural resources
and necessarily dependent upon the petit
tioner for the distribution OF its mineral
and coal product. This section is sparsely
settled and local consumption Is limited.
1t is important, therefore, that an out
put sufficient to justify large operators
must find it's market at more distant
points and that facilities be given for plac-
ing the products of the mines at such mar
keSs as Memphis, New Orleans; Mobile,
Galveston, Brunswick, Savannah, Charles
ton, Augusta, Macon, Montgomery, etc.
To many Of these points coal is transport
ed in, the cheapest possible manner from
mines located located in Ohio, Pennsylva-
mia and Maryland, where local cOnsump-
tion is very great. Authority is therefore
asked to give rates on the product Of these
mines which will enable them to compete
with more distant mines. In general they
ask to be relieved from the operation Of
the long and short haul section.
The Commissioners were in conference
two hours or more this forenoon over the
petitions for the suspension of the long
and short haul provision, but took a recess
without having reached conclusion.
They will reassemble at 3 o'clock and con-
tinue the consideration Of this subject.
At the afternoon session the Commission
made the following ruling.
A RULING.
Application having been made to the
Inter State Commerce Commission, under
Section of the act of Congress entitled
An act to regulate'cOmmerce, by the South
ern Railway and Steamship Association
and organization, composed of the follow
ing railroad companies, lines and systems
aud steamship lines operated in connection
Herewith, tO-wit: Alabama Great South
ern railroad, Atlantic and West Point,
Railroad Company; Central Railroad, of
Georgia; Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific Railroad Company; East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad
Company; Georgia Railroad Company;
Georgia Pacific Railroad Company; Louis
lana and Nashville Railroad Company;
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis Rail
road Company; Norfolk and Western Rail-
road Company; Port Royal and Augusta
Railroad Company; Richmond and Dan
vile Railroad Company; Rome Railroad
Company; Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama Railroad Company; SeabOard and
Roanoke Railroad Company; South Caro-
lima Railroad Company; South and North
Alabama Railway line; Western Railroad,
Of Alabama; Western and Atlantic Rail
road Company; Atlantic Coast line; Balti-
more, Chesapeake and Richmond Steam
boat Company; Boston and Savannah
Steamship Company; Clyde and Steam
lines; Merchants and Mines Transportation
Company; New York and Charleston
Steamship Company; Ocean Steamship
Company; Old Dominion Steamship
! Company, common carriers sabiect
to the provisions of said act,
for authority to charge less for long than
| for shorter distances in certain cases, that
is TO say, for the transportation of property
TO Boston, Providence, New York City,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Alexandria, Va,
Cincinnati, Jacksonville, Ind Louisville,
KY, Columbus, Ky, Cairo, Ills, Evans
vile. Ind, st. Louis, and points northerly
therelrom to and from Lynchburg. Va,
Danville, Va, Norfolk, Va, Wilmington,
n. c., Charleston, S. C., Savannah and
Augusta, Ga, Spartanburg, S. c., Lau-
rens, S. c., and Anderson, S. c., Macon,
Atlanta, Rome, Ca, Chattanooga, Tenn,
Eufaula, Ala, Opelika, Selma and Bir-
mingham and Montgomery, Ala, New
Orleans, La, Pensacola and Gainesville,
Fla, Meridian, jackson, Vicksburg, and
all points southerly therefrom,. and
from and to said last named
points each with the other
80 far rs the same are situated in different
States ut higher rates than are charged TO
and from some points TO and from local
points intermediate, the point last enum-
Grated, over the same lines; and certain of
said railroad companies lines and systems
having also severally made application for
like authority so far as said points are
reached by that respectively; and said
common carriers having presented rs a
reason for granting their said application
the eXistanCe of other competition, claiming
that the same cannot be met except by
maintaining the rates heretofore establish
ed TO and from the said points which
are said to be too low, to enable
said, common carriers to carry on business
if applied to said local intermediate points
and further, claiming that great disturb
ance of business from present traffic ar
rangements and rates are Immediately
changed; and it appearing to the Commits.
sion after investigation of the said petition,
and the facts represented in support
thereof to be proper case for temporary
order, authorizing existing rates to be
maintained for the time being, until the
Commission can make complete examin-
alton Of the matters alleged in said peti-
tiOn as reasons for relieving said common
carrier from the operation Of said sec
tion Of 1aid act; it is ordered that the
said application be, and the same hereby
is granted temporarily, subject to mOdi6
cation or revocation by the Commission at
any time upon hearing or otherwise, and
the said common carriers are hereby tenn
pOrarily relieved from the operation of the
fourth section of said act to the extent
specified in the recitals OF this order, and
for period not greater than ninty days
from this date, subject, however, to restric-
ton that none of the said common carriers,
while this order remains in force, shall in
any case, charge or receive compensation
for the transportation of property between
stations nm THAR